Someone looking for a hint that this was anything more than another stop in a warmup tour for the Beijing Olympics wouldn't have found it Tuesday night in the stone-faced expression of U.S. national softball team coach Mike Candrea.

Kelly Kretschman drove in four runs and Crystl Bustos hit a go-ahead two-run double to help the U.S. Olympic team overcome Cat Osterman's shaky outing in a 10-8 victory over a team of pro softball All-Stars on Friday night.

Angela Tincher threw a no-hitter at the U.S. Olympic softball team in March, the USA's lone loss in a 32-game barnstorming tour. In April, Tincher became only the third pitcher in NCAA Division I softball with 2,000 career strikeouts. But the Virginia Tech senior would trade those individual achievements if the Hokies could advance past the NCAA regionals that begin this weekend.